European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Test your nutrition knowledge by Teresa s. Johnson Cox news service information about food comes at Consumers from All angles a newspapers magazines television even Cereal boxes these Days come with nutrition information. But How much of that information actually sinks in the american dietetic association and the International food information Council recently conducted a Survey to find out. And the Mayo clinic nutrition letter developed a test based on that Survey. To find out How your nutritional notions stack up against those of other americans take the following test 1. There Are no a a Good and a bad Quot foods. A agree a disagree a done to know2. Name the four Basic food groups.3. Dietary cholesterol is the same As blood cholesterol. A agree a disagree a done to know4. Balance variety and moderation Are the keys to healthy eating. A agree a disagree. A done to know5. High fat food can be part of a healthy diet if balanced with Low fat choices. A agree a disagree a done to know6. All food should contain 30 percent or less calories from fat. A agree a disagree a done to know 7.1 am eliminating red meat. A agree a disagree 8.1 am eliminating All Fried foods. A agree a disagree9.1 feel guilty about eating the foods i like. A agree a disagree answers 1. Agree. There Are no Quot Good or Quot bad foods. If you missed this one you re not alone. In the Survey 67 percent believed food is either Quot Good Quot or  but according to the american dietetic association assuming the food is not spoiled or contaminated there Are no foods that Are All bad. While you  want to make chocolate cake or potato chips the main basis of your diet you can indulge in them occasionally and still maintain a balanced diet. 2. The four food groups Are milk group meat group fruit and vegetable group and Grain group. In the Survey 28 percent knew All four 27 percent named three correctly 12 percent knew two of the groups 3 percent named one correctly and 25 percent were unable to identify any of the food groups. Dietitians have Long recommended eating something from each group at each meal. 3. Agree. Dietary cholesterol and blood cholesterol Are the same. Only 15 percent of the Survey respondents answered this correctly. Technically the chemical Structure of cholesterol is the same whether it s cholesterol in food dietary or cholesterol that circulates in your blood. A High level of blood cholesterol increases your risk for heart disease. Dietary cholesterol is absorbed and can influence your blood cholesterol level. However saturated fats in foods have a bigger Impact on raising blood cholesterol Levels. 4. Agree. Balance variety and moderation Are the keys to healthy eating. The 94 percent of respondents agreeing with this statement meant it was answered correctly More often than any other in the Survey. However response to other questions suggests Many people done to always know How to put into practice the concepts of balance variety and moderation. 5. Agree. High fat foods can be part of a healthy diet if balanced with Low fat choices. While 56 percent agreed with this statement 35 percent disagreed showing they missed the Point about moderation. You Don t have to eliminate High fat foods just eat them in smaller amounts and less frequently. 6. Disagree. While the american heart association has recommended your Overall diet be limited to 30 percent or less calories from fat individual foods Don t have to pass such a test. Only 20 percent of Survey respondents answered correctly. The 65 percent who agreed Are confusing a goal that should be applied to Overall diet with a test for individual foods. For 7,8 and 9,45 percent said they were eliminating red meat 64 percent were eliminating Fried foods and 36 percent Felt guilty about eating the foods they liked. Paradoxically most respondents agreed that balance variety and moderation Are the keys to healthy eating a but significant numbers said they shun certain food items such As red meat or Fried foods. There s no need to eliminate whole categories of food and no reason to feel guilty about what you eat if your diet As a whole is Low in  for a better breakfast by Marie Bianco new Day for years nutritionists have been telling americans to eat Good breakfasts and for years we be had plenty of excuses no Ime to Cook no time to eat no time to clean up. Now we have no excuses. Food manufacturers in the United states Are coming up with Quick new oods that reflect an interest in healthy breakfasts. You have Only three minutes there Are plenty of options microwaveable breakfast entrees sandwiches Frozen French Toast pancakes waffles Light Blueberry muffins cold Cereal hot Cereal soft breakfast tacos. Even Cereal and milk to go. A recent study by Mica information services says that americans Are listening to nutritionists and have Cut Back especially during the past five years on High cholesterol breakfast items such As meat eggs and doughnuts. Nowadays Consumers prefer Oatmeal whole wheat bread and fruit to help them Rise and Shine in the morning. Quot people Are eating foods today that Are better for them and with All the. Convenience foods in the marketplace it s easier than Ever to eat a fast healthy breakfast Quot said or can a Diane Marpe. Not that you need to turn to those new products to eat quickly and nutrition ugly. There is Yogurt with fresh fruit and a sprinkling of grape nuts on top for crunch sliced strawberries and fat reduced Ricotta with a dash of cinnamon cold Cereal skim milk a sliced banana and a few raisins Crunchy Peanut butter and Apple slices on Rice cakes Low fat Cheddar cheese with whole Grain crackers Low fat Cream cheese and Jelly on toasted Raisin bread. And there Are Quick ways of getting breakfast with non traditional morning foods. Rice pudding can be eaten cold spooning a serving into a dish takes about 10 seconds. And the microwave comes to the Rescue for those in a hurry. Reheating a slice of pizza takes 60 seconds warming soup either leftover or from a can takes two to three minutes. But if you need your convenience from the microwave via the Freezer Case manufacturers Are gearing up for you. Frozen waffles Are America s largest single Frozen breakfast item with sales of $404.4 million for the year ending july 13, 1990, an increase of 22.8 percent Over the preceding 12-month period. Frozen breakfast sandwiches and entrees Are the second biggest Sellers with sales of $336.5 million for the same period. And sales of pancakes and French Toast came to $102.5 million for the period. In an attempt to bring its Brand into every nutritional event from breakfast to bedtime weight watchers has introduced a line of Frozen microwaveable breakfast foods for the calorie conscious items Range from 150 to 260 calories per serving. The easiest Way to make foods Low calorie is to reduce the portion size. Weight watchers pancakes Are 2.5 ounces 150 calories whereas Mcdonald a Are 6.2 ounces 410 calories. A 3-ounce weight watchers sausage biscuit contains 220 calories and 560 milligrams of sodium versus Mcdonald a which is 4.41 ounces 440 calories and contains 1,080 milligrams of sodium. Weight watchers developed these breakfast foods for women 25 to 54 years of age. By their nature the items Are convenient and offer alternatives to similar foods found in fast food restaurants. Quot however we did t go into the Market to take on Mcdonald a Quot said Shelly Streeter of food ways manufacturers of Frozen weight watchers products. Some people like to Start the Day with something Sweet such As a muffin. Each of weight watchers 2.5-ounce Blueberry and banana nut muffins has 5 Grams of fat compared with the 32 Grams in some 8-ounce commercial muffins. Weight watchers cheese Sweet Rolls contain 180 calories and 5 Grams of fat. In the microwave aunt Jemima French Toast is ready in 60 seconds a stack of Pillsbury pancakes takes 95 seconds. In 3 minutes with no pots or dishes to Wash Swanson s great starts scrambled eggs hash Brown potatoes and Bacon is table ready. Jimmy Dean is test marketing a Frozen microwaveable spinoff of the Ever popular Corn dog. Called Flap Sticks each breakfast sausage comes on a stick enclosed in Blueberry Apple cinnamon or original regular Pancake Batter. Country selections another of Jimmy Deans new breakfast lines a four entrees and three sandwiches a Are packaged on Blue speckled serving trays reminiscent of old fashioned enamelled Metal cookware. Heating takes Only 2vfc minutes. George a. Hormel has launched a line of microwaveable breakfast sandwiches in nine varieties including a Chicken biscuit and a Steak biscuit. Also being test marketed Are soft breakfast tacos containing egg Bacon and cheese or egg and mexican sausage from Ruiz food products a California company. If you like hot Cereal in the morning but Don t have time to stand Over a hot stove you can microwave remeasured Oatmeal or Cream of wheat and have a hot breakfast in 1v2 minutes. For those who done town a microwave oven both aunt Jemima and Bisquick offer their mixes remeasured in plastic bottles. Merely add water and shake. Instant Pancake Batter. Aunt Jemima Batter also comes in Frozen containers both regular and Buttermilk. Watching calories and still want pancakes aunt Jemima has a a Lite Pancake mix a As Well As Frozen cooked ones a and you save 100 calories in each serving. No need to eliminate the Pancake syrup. This comes Quot Lite Quot too. Ralston Purina is test marketing the ultimate in Early morning convenience. Called breakfast on the run the self contained package is designed for people who eat breakfast away from Home each contains a 1.25-ounce Carton of one of Ralston a cold cereals Raisin bran frosted flakes or Corn Chefan 8-ounce aseptic Box of 1 percent milk a plastic spoon a Napkin and a packet of sugar. Selling for a suggested 99 cents this breakfast can be eaten anywhere and does not require refrigeration. It is even possible for dieters to be virtuous when they resort to fast food outlets. Mcdonald a offers fat free Apple bran muffins and individual boxes of wheaties and cheerios with Low fat milk. Friday october 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 15